$3,00 per Year, in Advance. Notki: to Mitscuinr.it.s. The ilnte niiiieiirln:: nilor Hip printed I name on I lie paper In tin- ilnte UXl'llIATION olMllisciliUloii. if A I'LKVEK fiKMLKHAX." This was tho tltlo of How P. S. Kulght's , last Sunday evouing lecture. TUo lecturo was delivered in Mr. Knight's usual plonant off hand manner, niul was listened to by a largo I tutdiouco: ; Mr. Knight commenced by stating that ho was all mixed up about somo subjects, and I this was ono of them. Ho would really liko ' to know what a "clover gentleman" was, but leaved ho did not. Ho might glvo Wob-1 ter's deflultlou of tho two words: Clovor I Doxtrous; expoit; lugonlous; good natured; .-ul'uble, Gentloman Ono who Is well-born: well-bred; polished; good tnauuorod. So iI.a hiaii.1i 4 ilAirn1 miit I itmttl Ainn ' ImVil tti I ..." - I" u .:. " L"IZ" " w MUU OVUCU Itiuimi attvaii)( ftiiHf mv-wm j to Wobstor, a ' clover gcntlomau" Is either' ono who Is affable, pleasaut and sociable; or who Is also dextrous, Ingenious, Intelligent, .pilck-wlttod. Hut It requires vory llttlo knowledge ot' the world to oonvlneo any ono of tho lusufileloncy ofthli deflnltlon. Wo hear tho word used ovory day with a llborty justified by neither or these uioaulngs. Tho fat is thero is scarcely a inau In tho world that somebody Is not wllliug to call a "clover neutlemau." Tho expression Is used as an apology some times in a most curious and contradictory times ma most curious aim cuumuiii-iurj j sA-ay. Ono person says or another: "Yes, ho 1 is a momborof a church: ho U a Christian; , ho Is a preacher," otc, etc. Hut thou, ho Is ' a II olarnr nmit!finati!" as much as to .... i'.. i.i- ,itt.. ,w. r. ,. lilm I r.WV Ulul. Ilia IBitfliwn .vvj ..w. ..... urlv. vulcar. Illuiauuorly or mean. Some-1 (i,,i. ono politician denounces ano'.her as a .oriuntlonlst, briber, euibe7.1er, liar, horse ihlor, bigamist, swindler and villain. Hut whon ho talks about tho samo man m pood , statural moment', or lu decont company, ho will say ho Is a "clever gentleman." So In tho samo absurd wuy wo hear or men who ' jredlshonost. Thoy mako contracts that thoy nover fullUl: Incur debts that novor pay; but thoy aro "clever gentlemen." Woboaroi'othor "clever gentlemen" who swindle tho assessor. They wlgglo out of their taxes ovory tuno and by ovory mean ." -ubtorfugo thovcau, even comuiitting per- iiirywliou nothing elswIU serve. Thero ro other men ougagod In tho meaiieU kind -f Mlaudcr-mcro traders In wholesalo and II 1IMHVIVI ... nitatl scaudal meanor than any J.ianap- int slave trader that over llrd who uo the tousuo, tho pen. and tho pross, lor their vllo purjio-'os. Yet they put In their claim, mil are rocosnUed by half tho world as "clevor geutlouieu." And thero U your cold-, nloodod, smooth-tongueU, ciauniiy-nnuueu, doublo-slded, eel-llko spoclmen ot a man who goos wludlugand wiggling through the world, leaving hlsserpeiit-liko trail 011 every thing bo touches. An Immaculate shirt- iiosoinauda Hue coat will make of him a ' clovor gentletuan." And thero is vour dirty story teller, whoso longue rolls in tilth as naturally as a muck worm In his native olemeut. The oud of hU unbltiou Is to gathor a low crowd about liliu-lt suits him all the better if there are .,ovs amoug them, aud tall vulgar aueedotes hat would make a baru-yard blush. Yet ... 1.1.1 ..invd. mill a starched oven uecau pui u iu .. , , collar and appear at the receptiou lu tho presence of ladlosas a "clever geutleman." It Is said of another, that he drinks. He koeps his wife In rags perhaps. Ho comes , home Intoxicated aud turns his family out . .t i HI. A a nrstlt 111 4 ' Ti.vITs tub his breath I tain ed stomach llko a 111 tub. " ,ie two vvltUrotteuue.s,a.u I hi J; J,0 slimy eutrauces for the rinu of ueimum tremens, nut men a .." , ? ;"- oe8' , , , , . , , 1, . Than Noah Ts the world right about It . Then Noati .'-ii.. an Iffuoramus. religion Is a i-heat. George Washington was a traitor, hollow and I want to die." Jlutwesay the world U no " s 1.- ,b ni "a clever ceutiemau" to tell ....i., .tnriM. He does not pnu uis iou.w He does not pnu uis iou.w IZZZ V,nr his whisky breath In other tiwv - . ..... neople's faces uulevs he knows they iiko 11. Jle is not a whited sepulcher run or ueau wen's bones. He doos not lie, nor stea , nor bribe, nor embezzle. He may wear a patched coat, but ha does not wear a coat that some .me eUe has paid for. It Is that which Is Miilt, uot the externals, that makes clever gentleman." He Is kind, peaceable, 'fearless, true. Ho may not stop to shako "amis eory tlmo ho meets yon: lio may not HieiUDw liimseiroti the sitiowalk lit excessive politeness; o may not use In addiphig -"" you all thotlllen that conio'iofoio and after your name: he may ovun seem grull and Itrltable sometimes. Thcroaiomauy things In the world to mako men so. In short, 1 tako It that tho "couimou law" of tho truly "clover gentleman" will bo that matchless precopi which tho united voice of manhood has called Tin: iioi.m:v Iti'i.i:. "Whatsoever yo would that others should do to you, do yo oven so to them." UlLTMIHAII IMIKI'iMI&M. We should have mentioned bcl'oro that tho Independents of Multnomah havo placed nu oxcellent ticket lu tho feld and aro bouuTl to olect tho samo, as follow s Vor State Senators-William Strong and J.S. M. VauClovo. Por Koprcsentatlves Jacob Johnson, C. W. Gay, P..S. Jewell, John Gearing, William Sherlock, S. Norils and Halolgh Noll. County Judge W. K. Trimble County Commissioners II. Hansen and Chus. Holmau. Sboritl V.. J.Jotlroy. Clerk Georgo L. Story. Treasuror A. Walnman. Assessor John Dolau. Surveyor C. W. llurrago. Sunerlntendent of Schools Itev. T. 1.. .... ' I""1' 0 Kollo,. toionot-Dr. I., uoiiogi.. km'IHUI'O. OK UtliilU. Thn Konubllcau County Convention of - Yamhill county mot at I jilayetto on Monday last and mado tho following nominations : Souatois-J. W. Watt, K Keprosontatlvos '. H lttlSS. Saunders, I. eo l.aughlIn,.oel Palmer. County .Iudi;o II. Hurloy. clork It. II. I.ann.011. Sherill-A. II. Henry. Comnii-Moners -T. (Jroves, I.. W. Hoger. Treasurer l!oo Kelty. Surveyor T. s. (Illbert. Ases-oi -Mr. DavN. School Mipprlnteudent Mr. ltobb. Tho I'.oimbllcani of Yamhill claim that . . . ...... i. 11..1 i. moy uavo no ur minium. ,.. .-. -. done homago to tho Custom House King. They havo placed a very good tickot in tho Held and tho votn nor that county ran select ., . . .11 i .. ....... If. l.,., tli.Uii flint irom me wnoie 101 i iih" "-" suit tiiem. INUKfZMIKJfTi l ILUMX11 lldTt. The Independents of ClaeKamas met on Saturday last and made nominations a fol iows . state Senator Mr. Starkweather, itoprcsontatlvos-lt. Itamsby, Capt. 0hrau, Joseph Young, Mr. Strlcklor. :j;ori,s. 1.. Stevens, ''eruu.S. Huck. Juo, Judge Win. Moioland commissioner!' Messrs l.atouretto aud Shirley, Trcasurer-Dr. lloss. School superintendent Pror. Morelaud. Assessor-John Thomas. Couuty Central Comnilttee-W . W . Hock, Thos. Jean and Jos. Winston. ANOlimt Pionki'.ii Hoxi:. We regret to lerru of tho death of Orus Hrown, at forest Grove 011 tho Mb day of tho presont month. Mr. Hrown was a brother of Mrs. V. K. Prlugle, aud since InW has resided near Silem with his relations. He was lorn In MW and came to Oregon In 1113, crossed! the Plains from Missouri, and located a donation ad cUlm 0Il9 no'north of 1-orest Ciiove, returuea l0 , ,.. . ,.. al, . w ,.aule wk with ' time previous to his death when ho returned tiuiei 'e 'G whflre Uu aleil aUovo . '..,., ., ., omiirranu of that day aro gMauany passing away and the dplonocrsi J Woinc.-The Lplscopal church is to be Improved bv the Introduction of a new u ""I 'u ".. ., ,, wi,i,i, .rH - - ,infirture - W " miuuT-ctuwi the shop or v niiuii bv I) W. Prontico. His 0 iv i.cum. i'j now . rnnk'n v. tip .... fino workman Is welliunderstood but work ln ,,uestiou Is said to bo liner k h,p thall haw over beforo lon ont . iek,ni,,, ,,r State. It is trimmed with black walnut mi Jn placo wl, bhow I lwc" SALE3X. OREGON. MAX 1(5, Itucli I'oint I'luiiit'is Club. i mi Miiniii'intiiriiK lit be fimmrinnl. VVi I i -jilil ..ml "j lill .v uglit knul m' Hi fii. (in 11 1 lu ruttlli ii' Hie " liiili-jiemb-tit " i,i "'Hi miHii '1 " iiiurfniviiti, tie,, (c. i'i:i 1 vi. 10 Tin: lti.roun.i The ISivk Point Kunners Club met, May Slli, 1ST I. Ir. MaltUon w.isehoou Cliairinan, ' protem. Mr. Denyor said In repaid to. start-1 1" "& geucranv m, since the lug Mauufastorles for Kami machlnory, he imigiintlon of crop roMits. In the South had somo llttlo experience, thought tontarl I vory few exceptions to tho general vigor and In n ..mill wav Mt snv two nrthren tires In I vuu luxuilancoofthogrowthhavoiippniid. In a small a Urst.saj twooi mo mes in ( tllir (-u)ri.0H,t rciuu th(l wimcr pasturing a small oMablUhmont, saving the expense , , wuolli ,loui jj.ls i,.,, j..-um,) t tho nd ofnuoxoluslvobustuossagout. aud grow up v.iutagu of tliu ciop. lu New York and with tho countrv was tho IxstpUn, as such j Pennsylvania Jho weather suico tho niiddlo , , , ,e ,,,', . ,'.., ,,, ofMaichhaHbcouiiulavoriibloouiioeouiilol a plan would ho self-sustaining Irom the lllOMullou changes of tenipemliiro and cold start, and such an establishment ought to bo Winds, to tho Injury of w heat on clay and built up In ovory Neighborhood; ho thought nndraincd lauds. "In Ontario, Nlagnra, 1,.. ..mii.i lmti.i L-no.1 wnunus us tho Livingstone, and Oenesoe, four counties ho could build as Komi wagons as 1110 whloh nrodm'o onn-tlilrdoflhe Winter wluuit Studobakor, In Aumsvlllo. and Just as well 0fs,-ow York, tho avoiago expectations aro llulshod and as cheap, had orders for n outortalued. though somo Injury iVom free. number already; thought If our people , JuR thawing on low .BWuyrtK wrjjlo.1. would glvo propor encouragement to our to iuip. own workmon, woshoiild soon have plenty of shops near homo. Mr. I Moll thought Mr. Honyorwascorroct; build up our own factories aud thou wo will havo a home market wo aro too prone to look abroad lor help, let us help ourselves. Oregon sends abrotd a million dollars an nually, for farm machlnory alone, bolloved wo should pay this money to our own work mon. Mr. Hunt said li'Mr. Denver was will lug to build Just as good ami Just as cheap agricultural Implements right hero among us, thou why sond toSouth Hand or Chicago. Tho fact Is wo tindorestimato our rosouicoi, wo haoa lubltofheudlng abroad for ovory thing, we fill to appreciate our own re kources. Dr. .MattNon thought It tlmo wo quit sending abroad Tor overy thing wo ue; thought our doinostlo inliuit wasjust as good as tho Impound aitlcle. Look at New r.nglaud, poor as Is her soil lior manufac tories hao mado her wealthy. Wo iy for shlpiiiug our raw products to other countrlc then pay for shipping the iiiaiiiifuutuiuil ' article hick to us, paying freight both ways, our water power Is abundant, let us utllir.o It and wo can frod the mechanic horn at home. Marlon county pays out lor pickles 1 and canned fruits put up In California ' llwtitou am. Ci.iiii-l'.m.AKi'.it. Mr. twelvo thousand do!l.u, twelve hundred I A1I1I11 llorclicrs pulilMiis tu day 11 tt'sll doll'irs per year for Imported soap, twenty-' uiunhil liolil scviT.tl f till) best known four tliou-aiid dollars lor boots and shoas, in and inot rcllnblo fanners of .Million this county alono. Tho leather In u gicat part Is ni.idti here, then shlppsd to Calllorniii, mado up and sent back hero; ninny ol'our vegetables aro shipped from abroad; seventy two thousand dollars for clothing, hats and caps ror this county; is It any wonder wo feel tho want of money sometimes. The Dr. called attention to Aumsville as n good i)lnt to start alarm Implement factory; there was an excellent opening there for something oT the kind as tho water jsiwer was llrst-iato mid could be bought low, together with the grist mill now lu operation. Mr. Hunt otleied the follow lug leioluttoii, Heslved, that n Committee ofthieo bo ap pointed liy tho chair to take under advlo moiit tho subject ot a Urui Implement factory, in tills vicinity and repoit at our next meet ing, which was ndopted. . W. Hunt, Job Denyer, John Downing woro appointed said committee. Clubadloiirned to meet 1111 our regular day. .Mibiect for next mcutliig a Ireo talk on matters and things In general, (i. W. Hi XI', S1.1. l'AUMI.Ils A'llllll i.ti iiai. WoiiKs. Mr. Chas. JJowlo is now ciuvasslng the couuty forHiiliscriptlousto the Urmers association rbrthoiuaiiutartiireof wagons and agricul tural implements. Tho capital stock of the corporation Is to bo JW.dOO, shares $) each. Looking at hi subscription book we iiud manv names of good oltleu already rewrded, with subscriptions annexed for oiioortuoro shares, so that agood start has already boon had. Mr. Howie is deoilug his tlmo to this matter and we ho will meet with success In bis einvass for sub scriptions, livery firmer can afford, to in vest $100 In such an enterprise. 1 1 nxiTi ui: MAMiAiTOitv. D. W. Pren tice annouueos by advertisement that he is prepared to manufacture, for tho wholsaio trade, and for siecla o.uers, 1. ru.iure 0 a.. U-inds. lu couueetlon with tho establish- men of Messrs Cooke .V Dennis he has every --j .j- facility for such a business, and his skll as aollo hundred. , . ,1inl. ,1... i. UIU n iri 1. WorKliiau jusuiiDi in" "i. - make ilrst class work add build up a good business. , , iinl Tor the Jlrst time In ton years It !s a n""' cult niatUir to rent a comfortable dwelling houte In Salem. :US"4. llif Crops. ixitiruMUMi i;i:roui. ot rin: wihiat flliJl AN Vl.t'NHNI' IIM.U I'ltOMtslIK. 1 Vsl1iN1.10N, April '.U'l'lui ltcputnitmt , of Agrtculturo has received cry lull Infor mation eoncertuni: tho nppeaninco of wheat tliroiignmit tun country, 'i no returns cover a lnrgo pniportlnn of tlie Winter wheat area In each .Maw. 1 M inter tins mm exireine- '"" I""" '" !v v---":-i uliio-tentlis of the counties malting nivorAiuo latnrns. manv oftheni ervtlattcring. Fully thrpo-foui ths of tho hlo Valley rosirt either avorago or superior )tidltlon. Ilpyond the Mississippi, Missouri and Kansas havo still fewer unpromMiie reports. Thoro aro lu pous from tho North-west which aromoro favorable ban usual, but aro of llttlo conso (piouce, as the Winter wheat (if Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa constitutes less than two percent, of the wheat of that region. Tho prospe-'t in California is vory promising, though complaints of Injury from an unusual pause wet weather havo comofroni several coi.nties. Tlin Secretary of the statu H0.111I of Aurlctilturo KHMiits a promise of lil,oil,. Otlil of bushels lu the Stale. rii-nir niul Mass Mccllns. llaiul-liills tuo mil uiiiioiiiiciiiK t hut llieic.wlll l(i 11 giiinil Imlciu'iiilcnl tiiin nlit of the people of .Minion county, in .Marlon miiiuiv, Sulcin, nit Sulimluy of next week. A grand pinccs-lon of wn gon, liiii-ciiioii, niul l'lMifi.t: will form 11 1 11 o'clock niul iniuvli llti'ougli this city. niinier nt niMiii. IVupIo will luiiig their bankets well llllcd. will bo !n'i clips by Stilllviin, Miiilntlit'i's. After (llniici'i lllllgl' llolt', lliori I'. f. county I'l'ttliylng t tin-viiiiio or dim in vention, which bus been for some time mlvcrlisci! in Ibc I'.UMint. Tlu success of Ills Invention swim assured, and lie is ready to dispose of fnini lights on reason iible tonus. The machines eau bo niiiu ufiieluied by any wagon or plow-ni.tkei'. Haw lti: 111 lis. Mr..!. Wright Sherlll of DouglHS county brought down this arternoou, tlileo reel ults for the I'onlteiitlary. Their u.iines are James rield, sunt lor "larceny lu dwelling," one.yo.ir. J. T. Stump mid John l ler for two years, oa'di, fur larceny lu a store house. The dollnquoiit tax lor lsT:i hi Mailnu (siuiity, amounts to less than f .Oik), aud Capt. Scott pinposes to commeiieo tho llrst of next week to "Interview" tho al'oies.ild ilellu- IplOllts. Sin, 11. About "mi acres of tho Itlco dona tion claim, locato'l lu Spring Valley, Polk County, was sold last week to Mr. Sears of Lincoln. Seven dollars per aero was the price paid. About thieu hundred lollois Is the average number sent from this jiostolllco dally. (iralulii I 11I011 county Is doing remarkably welt. Jacksonville wants to celebrate tho fourth of July. Sheep shearing In I'nloii county lias ralrly commenced. Speculators from Victoria are buying up sheep in l.'nlon county, llaker biu! Canyon City aro to have weekly coiiiiectlou by mall. Cattle aro dying rapidly In tho vicinity of Itiirut Kiver, lasteru Oregon. The farms around tho residences of llaker City folks are being turned Into 01 chard. "Harney Ilaiider,"the fast trotting horse of Jacksonville, was sold for f 1,000 last week. P. L. Mace, wlio recoutly wont to Cali fornia to purchase somo Angora goats re- jacKSonvine on uionui iui. mm On Thursday last Itev. Mr. Hell, of the Arkansas Conference, while cutting some lire-wood at Ashland, cut a severe Ksh lu his foot nearly severing It. II.. fni.... ...Innv fMi.n U.ialii. fli'ni. I i i. .'i.iii., iiiim.1 ii.i... I'"-.." ...i.., Was brought Inlo Lulon last week, one-half ur bis body belug jiaralyzod. He will uUlw fall ou the county for support. ; 2ji r -k Voliimu Vr, Number J 3. " ri.ll.ll AM) AUIIttUII." Wn publish tho follow lug card by rciptcst ollluv. I.D. Driver:! Mu. Km ion Under tlin aboxo heading tltNit st.ilcmouts wero mado lu the dally .Vnr. )iiuii of tlin Ttli 111st, lu tofrenco to ttip preliminary examination of Itev. C. W. Shaw, which llioCommlltoodcslrolocorroct. Is. Tho staloment that ltev. I. D. Drlvor, was thoaccusor Is faNo; 11 was ltev, II. V. Williams. '.'d. The notion of tho olllclal momboni of tho Albany church, aud tho presentation of charges, mado It the olllclal duty of Itro. Driver to act and preside nu the occasslon. And wo bellevd that Hro. Shaw, had affair and impartial trial. ;;d, It Is tint Iruo that Shaw was necililttod. Tho charge was for Immoral conduct; and was sustained; three or tho specifications wero sustained, and ho was reipilrod to mako con fession and restitution; and 11 failure In any nmll would subject him to suspension. Tho committee required that ail tho forego liigcoudltloiiH bo compiled with "icn' ami wm;" aud If those conditions havo not been compiled with; by tho action of tho com mitted Itev. C. W. Shaw, stands suspended. John W. Yomr, Ch'm, A. C. I'aiiu;iiii.i, Sec, N. Oi.auk, .I.N. McCain. ltev. P. M.Starr of tho abovn eomuiltlofl could not. bo semi in tlmo to sign thnabovo. Nm.um Mii.ijs Sijason'h Woiik. Woleani that tho year woik of the Salem PlourlnR Mills Company Is considered us closod. Orion this tlmo thoro may bo occasional runs of 11 fmv dayriatu time, but tho year work It cousidored over. Tim llgures of the work done since har est, S mouths, urn as lollows: besides custom work TT.TW bbls.of lloiirluivo been giniind and shipped dlioct. fioni tho mills, of which .d,'J7D bbls. woro shIpHid from heioiiv boat mid the romalumg IM.iW'l bbls. woro sent by railroad. Also, thoro wan shlppod ilurlng the past season, by lioat, T.'iT tons mill Teed. The amount of wlie.it ifiiiired to bo giouiid into tho llour sunt nbioad wan t.'i0,(KK) bushels. Tho company also purchased for foreign shipment .'"O,0O0 busliels of wheat that wax not ground, MH) tons or which was ralspd in Walla Wal'n. Tim total amount of wheat handled by this enterprising com pany was not loss than tluee ijinnors of 11 million bushels,and their business, Including I101110 work, did not lull far shot I ol 11 mil lion dollars. Jotiu.SAli or Couii:ik;i;. The Illustrated million of tho Han Krauelsco Journal nf I im-mci'.-. , handed us by Mr. A. Myers, yes terday, Is well wmthy of loading mid pre serving for future loiortmco, II is hand somely printed oil tinted book paper, ami presents ns neat a specimen of the "art prc servatho" ascitii lie found. The Mist p.ig" contains tho likenesses or thlrty-slx or tin leading business men of thai city. A con cise sketch nl'Sau l''ruiicIscopastnd present, with Hue cuts of a number or tho blocks ami prominent buildings of tho city till up a largo portion of the balance ol tho Kiper. In Uvt this extra edition gives 1111 upitomii of tho business, past, present, and prospective) of tho great city of tho I'aclllu coast. Pliiiuv Hoai- Aivuin.Nr. lu ferrying A load or cattle hcioss tho Sautlaiu at Jotforsou yesterday tho foiry lioat llllod with water, spilled the caltlu out Into tho river, broko loose fniui Its wire cablo ami timk a short spin down the stream. Tho drovers, who woro 011 tlin boat with their cattle, succeeded lu getting 011 the wlro cable aud cooned" It to the shore, while the lorrymau stuck to bin cralt and lu a short time had the boat safely moored to the bank below town. Damage were repaired, water balled out, aud tho boat ready for duty lu the evening. Ac;iii:ni'. Mr. Sam Owen wbllo engaged this afternoon ou the new house or Mr. Joseph Heriisrdl, 011 High street, roll rroui the scaltoldliiK striking his lot' elbow on a pllenrbrleks and fracturing several of tho bones and pulllug that Joint out or placo. Ho was Uken to Messrs. Wood worth it Hall'M drug store, where he was projiorly attended toby Dr. Carpenter. HeN.vmT HoUsk, Tho Henuett liousols be ing overhauled renovated repapored anil generally fixed up. Tho rooms are light aud airy, the house is lu a good locality. Tho prices are low meals and lodging only twenty live cents each aud Mr. lluclianoii the landlord understands tho business. Tho nlt'alrs of tho lllg Kl Dorado Ditch, liakercoiiutv, havo been i nupronilspi), and the ditch placed In tho hands of Messrs. Packwood iV Carter to bo opened, Z H